A Pilgrimage along the River from the Columbia Icefields to the Heart of the Oil Sands

important radio podcast

byMaureen Wild

This is a very important radio program to listen to – created by RTÉ Radio and first broadcast on August 31st, 2013. It brings us the voices of Dr. John O’Connor (originally from Limerick, Ireland), his wife, Charlene, and the First Nation people in Ft. Chipewyan which is north of Ft. McKay. There are approximately 1200 Mikisew Cree, Athabasca Chipewyan and Metis people who live in Ft. Chipewyan and 700 who live in Ft. McKay.

About the author: Maureen Wild, SC, M.Ed. is an international speaker, educator and retreat guide. Her focus is on Sacred Ecology – the weaving of spirituality, justice, ethics and Christianity with insights from new cosmology, ecology and contemporary theology.